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CVE-2026-98032

tracing: Fix subbuf resize races with trace_pipe_raw readers

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published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 7.2.7
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix subbuf resize races with trace_pipe_raw readers Concurrent subbuffer resizes may crash trace_pipe_raw readers or leak uninitialized memory to userspace due to stale size values. Modify ring_buffer_alloc_read_page() to handle the resizing of an existing buffer_data_read_page if necessary and add a new ring_buffer_read_page_size(). This new function enables ring-buffer buffer_data_read_page users to not call the racy ring_buffer_subbuf_size_get(). This makes the spare_size member of ftrace_buffer_info redundant. Finally, handle buffer_data_read_page/reader_page order discrepancy in ring_buffer_read_page(). On a mismatch simply copy manually the data to the buffer_data_read_page.

Timeline

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Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From bce761d757452ba5eb77e11fecc37a04b67494e7 · fixed in 574efd988d116bd56ac688ab2d64e06ba0da982a; From bce761d757452ba5eb77e11fecc37a04b67494e7 · fixed in 3f30b2cd4eba45c05f822f03f1b0f4077d6d4dc3; From bce761d757452ba5eb77e11fecc37a04b67494e7 · fixed in 75b37b8369778b69ce9738d1c97685a1615cb252; From bce761d757452ba5eb77e11fecc37a04b67494e7 · fixed in dae8dda341d2d9034a90d59e8a7d502e1263813f

  • Linux Linux

    6.8

  • KernelLinux

    From 6.8.0 · fixed in 6.12.114; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.57; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.2.7

References 4

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